Addictive Learning That Sticks

Graham McMahon M.D. M.M.Sc. is an assistant professor of medicine and member of the Academy at Harvard Medical School. He is a member of the faculty in the division of endocrinology, diabetes and hypertension at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston where he completed his postgraduate training. Dr. McMahon received his medical education at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, a master’s degree in clinical research from Harvard Medical School, and his doctorate in education from the National University of Ireland. He is the editor for continuing medical education at the New England Journal of Medicine. He also directs the endocrinology course at Harvard Medical School and the new teaching service at the Faulkner Hospital. He has received local and national awards for his teaching and his work in medical education and diabetes research. His work has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Diabetes Care, the Archives of Internal Medicine, the Journal of General Internal Medicine, and Medical Education. His research interests include systems of care for patients with diabetes, cardiovascular disease in diabetes, and medical education.

Education
1997 M.B.,B.CH. (Medicine), 1st place, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
2005 M.M.SC. (Clinical Research), Harvard Medical School
2005 M.D. (Doctorate in Medical Education), National University of Ireland

Post-Doctoral Training
01/97-12/99 Resident in Medicine, Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
01/99-01/02 Resident in Medicine, Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
01/02-12/04 Clinical Fellow in Endocrinology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
01/03-05/03 Program for Physician Educators, Medical Education, Harvard Medical School

Licensure and Certification
1999 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certificate
2001 Massachusetts Registered Physician
2002 Board Certification in Internal Medicine
2004 Intravenous Conscious Sedation Certificate
2004 Board Certification in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Academic Appointments
1999-2004 Research Fellow in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
2005-2006 Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2006- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Hospital Appointments:
2004-2007 Attending Physician in Endocrinology, V.A. Medical Center, Boston
2005- Attending Physician in Medicine, Faulkner Hospital
2007- Attending Physician in Endocrinology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Major Administrative Responsibilities:
2004-2007 Co-Director, National Preceptorship in Thyroidology for the Endocrine Fellows Foundation, Brigham and Women's Hospital
2005- Course Director for Endocrinology, Reproduction, and Musculoskeletal medicine, HMS Year 2, Harvard Medical School
2007- Director, Integrated Teaching Unit, Faulkner Hospital

Major Committee Assignments
2004-2005 National Board of Medical Examiners, National Board of Medical Examiners 2006- Committee for the Evaluation of the USMLE, National Board of Medical Examiners
2007- Test Materials Development Committee - USMLE, National Board of Medical
2008- CME Committee, Endocrine Society

Professional Societies:
2001- American Diabetes Association, Member
2001- Massachusetts Medical Society, Board Member, Officer
2001- Endocrine Society, Member
2001- American Medical Association, Officer
2003- Physicians for Human Rights, Member
2003- American College of Physicians, Member
2004- Society for General Internal Medicine, Member

Editorial Boards:
2004- Reviewer, New England Journal of Medicine
2004- Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Human Hypertension
2004- Ad-Hoc Reviewer, British Medical Journal
2004- Reviewer, Society for General Internal Medicine
2005- Editor, EndoTrends (Bulletin of the Endocrine Fellows Foundation)
2005- Editor for CME, New England Journal of Medicine
2005- Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management
2006- Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Diabetes Care
2007- Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Medical Education
2007- Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
2008- Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Lancet
2008- Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Awards and Honors:
1991 Full Academic Scholarship, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
1995 O'Donnell Prize for Research Excellence by a Medical Student, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
1996 Hilary Standish-Barry Prize for Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
1996 McDonnell Medal for Anesthesia, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
1996 Capt. Harry Godfrey Massey Miles Prize for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
1996 French O'Carroll Essay Medal in Health Economics, Biological Society, Dublin
1996 Gold Medal for Obstetrics & Gynecology, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin
1997 Leonard Abrahamson Medal, Biological Society, Dublin
1997 J. J. Fitzsimons Gold Medal in Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
1997 Children's Hospital Gold Medal in Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital, Dublin
1997 Reuben Harvey Prize in Medicine (top graduating student in Dublin), Royal College of Physicians in Ireland
1999 Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, RCPI
2003 Annual Research Prize, First Place, American College of Physicians
2003 Research of Distinction: Brigham & Women's Research Council, Brigham and Women's Hospital
2004 Research Award for Medical Education or Health Policy, American Medical Association

Original Articles
1. Lee TC, Noelke L, McMahon GT, Mulville JP, Taylor D. Functional Adaptation in Compact Bone. Rehabilitation R&D Progress Reports. 1995;32:35.
2. McMahon GT, McGarry K. Deliberate self-poisoning in an Irish county hospital. Ir J Med Sci. 2001;170(2):94-7; discussion 90.
3. McMahon GT, Monaghan C, Falchuk K, Gordon JA, Alexander EK. A simulator-based curriculum to promote comparative and reflective analysis in an internal medicine clerkship. Acad Med. 2005;80(1):84-9.
4. McMahon GT, Plutzky J, Daher E, Bhattacharyya T, Grunberger G, DiCarli MF. Effect of a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonist on myocardial blood flow in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2005;28(5):1145-50.
5. McMahon GT, Gomes HE, Hickson Hohne S, Hu TM, Levine BA, Conlin PR. Web-based care management in patients with poorly controlled diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2005;28(7):1624-9.
6. McMahon GT, Marina O, Kritek PA, Katz JT. Effect of a physical examination teaching program on the behavior of medical residents. J Gen Intern Med. 2005;20(8):710-4.
7. Patti ME, McMahon G, Mun EC, Bitton A, Holst JJ, Goldsmith J, Hanto DW, Callery M, Arky R, Nose V, Bonner-Weir S, Goldfine AB. Severe hypoglycaemia post-gastric bypass requiring partial pancreatectomy: evidence for inappropriate insulin secretion and pancreatic islet hyperplasia. Diabetologia. 2005;48(11):2236-40.
8. McMahon GT, Dluhy RG. Impact of a novel evidence-based medicine curriculum. Med Educ. 2006;40(5):464-465.
9. Kerfoot BP, Conlin PR, McMahon GT. Comparison of delivery modes for online medical education. Med Educ. 2006;40(11):1137-8.
10. Kerfoot BP, Conlin PR, McMahon GT. Health systems knowledge and its determinants in medical trainees. Med Educ. 2006;40(11):1132.
11. Kerfoot BP, Conlin PR, Travison T, McMahon GT. Web-based education in systems-based practice: a randomized trial. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(4):361-6.
12. Kerfoot BP, Conlin PR, Travison T, McMahon GT. Patient safety knowledge and its determinants in medical trainees. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22(8):1150-4.
13. Finkelstein JA, McMahon GT, Peters A, Cadigan R, Biddinger P, Simon SR. Teaching Population Health as a Basic Science at Harvard Medical School. Acad Med. 2008;83(4):332-337.

Reviews/Chapters/Editorials
1. McMahon GT, Dluhy RG. Glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism. Cardiol Rev. 2004;12(1):44-8.
2. McMahon GT. Disrupting the Status Quo. BMJ Careers. 2004;328(7444):149.
3. McMahon GT. Coming to America--international medical graduates in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2004;350(24):2435-7.
4. McMahon GT, Dluhy RG. Glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism. Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol. 2004;48(5):682-6.
5. McMahon GT. Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Diabetes: Lipid Control and Cardiac Assessment and Intervention. In: Hospital Physician. Wayne, PA: Turner White;2005. p. 2-12.
6. McMahon GT. Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Diabetes: Managing the Metabolic Milieu. In: Hospital Physician. Wayne, PA: Turner White;2005. p. 2-13.
7. McMahon GT. Show Me the Science: Advances in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. In: Johns Hopkins Advances in Medicine. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins;2005.
8. McMahon GT. Endocrinology. In: Decision Making in Medicnie. New York: Mosby;2006.
9. McMahon GT, Ingelfinger JR, Campion EW. Videos in Clinical Medicine: A New Journal Feature. N Engl J Med. 2006;354:1635.
10. McMahon GT, Arky RA. Inhaled insulin for diabetes mellitus. N Engl J Med. 2007;356(5):497-502.
11. McMahon GT, Dluhy RG. Intention to Treat -- Initiating Insulin and the 4-T Study. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:1759.
12. Halperin F, Ingelfinger JR, McMahon GT. Clinical decisions. Management of type 2 diabetes--polling results. N Engl J Med. 2008;358(7):e8.
13. Trikudanathan S, McMahon GT. Cardioprotective strategies for patients with Type 2 diabetes. J Clin Outcomes Manage. 2008;15(3):133-46.
14. Trikudanathan S, McMahon GT. Optimum management of glucocorticoid-treated patients. Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2008;4(5):262-71.
15. Dluhy RG, McMahon GT. Intensive glycemic control in the ACCORD and ADVANCE trials. N Engl J Med. 2008;358(24):2630-3.
16. McMahon GT. The Future of Diabetes Care. In: Principles of Diabetes Mellitus. Norwell, MA: Springer;2009.
17. McMahon GT. Endocrinology. In: Decision Making in Medicine: An Algorithmic Approach. New York, NY: Mosby;2009.

Educational Materials
1. McMahon GT. A Guide to Accessing Graduate Medical Training in the United States. 1999.
2. VISUAL tutorials: Patient Narratives and Accompanying Learning Guide 2: Ups and Downs. 2003.
3. McMahon GT, Dluhy RG. VISUAL tutorials: Patient Narratives and Accompanying Learning Guide 1: Headaches & Heartaches. 2003.
4. McMahon GT, Schipani E, Strewler G. VISUAL tutorials: Patient Narratives and Accompanying Learning Guide 3: An Appetite for Success. 2003.
5. McMahon GT, Ryley D. VISUAL tutorials: Patient Narratives and Accompanying Learning Guide 5: Eggcellent Outcome. 2004.
6. McMahon GT, Seminara S. VISUAL tutorials: Patient Narratives and Accompanying Learning Guide 4: Pumped Up. 2004.
7. Piecyk M, Goldring S, McMahon GT. VISUAL tutorials: Patient Narratives and Accompanying Learning Guide 6: A joint venture. 2004.
8. McMahon GT, Helfgott S. VISUAL tutorials: Patient Narratives and Accompanying Learning Guide 7: Flair for Life. 2006.
9. Greene M, McMahon GT. VISUAL tutorials: Patient Narratives and Accompanying Learning